Research Article

Comparison of Universities in Turkey in Terms of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Volume: 9 Number: 5 October 25, 2021
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Comparison of Universities in Turkey in Terms of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the entrepreneurship and innovation effectiveness of universities in Turkey, determine the universities (reference set) that inefficient universities can refer to, and rank the universities according to their relative efficiency. In the study, firstly, the criteria to be considered in the ranking / used in the analysis were determined by reviewing the literature. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)method was used in this study to evaluate the entrepreneurship and innovation effectiveness of universities. According to the findings; Abdullah Gül University, Ankara University, Bezm-İ Âlem Vakıf University, Çankaya University, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Sabancı University, and TOBB Economy and Technology University, among the 49 universities evaluated in terms of entrepreneurship and innovation, are efficient; others are inefficient. Istanbul Okan University, Özyeğin University, and Yaşar University with efficiency scores between 0.9-1 are the closest universities to being efficient. The 10 universities with the lowest efficiency scores in terms of Entrepreneurship and Innovation are Çukurova University, Süleyman Demirel University, Gazi University, Ege University, Akdeniz University, Dokuz Eylül University, Istanbul University, Atatürk University, Marmara University and Hacettepe University. In addition, at the end of the study, universities that inactive universities can take as an example were also determined.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 25, 2021

Submission Date

May 31, 2021

Acceptance Date

September 22, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 9 Number: 5

APA
Orhan, M., & Yalçın, İ. (2021). Comparison of Universities in Turkey in Terms of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 9(5), 1217-1236. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.946040

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